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Trot" achieved in its last episode in which Lim Young-woong was named the winner among seven finalists based on votes cast by over 7 million ... National Politics ForeignAffairs MulticulturalCommunity Defense Environment&Animals Law&Crime Society Health&Science Business Tech Bio Companies Finance Companies Economy Markets Opinion Editorial Columns ThoughtsoftheTimes Cartoon TodayinHistory Blogs TribuneService Blondie&Garfield LettertoPresident LettertotheEditor Lifestyle Travel&Food Trends People&Events Books AroundTown FortuneTelling Entertainment&Arts K-pop Films Shows&Dramas Music Theater&Others Sports World SCMP Asia Video Culture People News Photos PhotoNews Darkroom SiteMap E-paper Subscribe Register LogIn SiteMap E-paper Subscribe Register LogIn Lifestyle Travel&FoodTrendsPeople&EventsBooksAroundTownFortuneTelling Thu,May19,2022|00:03 Trends Sameoldshow?'MissTrot2'defiestalentdrain Posted:2020-12-18 16:32 Updated:2020-12-19 11:50 InthisimagecapturedfromTVChosun,KimDa-hyun,anelementaryschoolstudent,performsatTVChosun'sauditionshow"MissTrot2"whichpremieredonthecablenetworkonThursday.Secondseasonoftrotshowkicksoffwithmilestone28.6percentratingByKangHyun-kyungTVChosun's"MissTrot2"hitthejackpot."MissTrot2"premieredoncablenetworkTVChosun,Thursdaynight,withastunning28.6percentviewershiprating,nearly5percenthigherthanJTBC'ssensational2019TVseries"SkyCastle"whichsawa23.8percentratingforitslastepisode.ViewershipratingsforothernighttimeTVshowsanddramasairedatthesametimehoveredinthe1percentto3percentrange,showinghowwellthetrotsequelperformedthatnight.Itappearstobeonlyamatteroftimebefore"MissTrot2"breakstheremarkable35percentviewershipmark"Mr.Trot"achievedinitslastepisodeinwhichLimYoung-woongwasnamedthewinneramongsevenfinalistsbasedonvotescastbyover7millionviewers.Season1of"MissTrot,"whichfirstairedinFebruarylastyear,provedtobesosuccessfulthatitservedasthespringboardtostardomforaspiringandunknownsingers.Consideringthetrotfervorthathasdevelopedinthenation,it'snowonderthatthenewesteditiondrewsomuchattentionfromTVaudiences,evenbeforethefirstepisodeairedThursday.ThesuccessoftheTVChosuntrotcompetitionshowprovesthatintrotmusic,undiscoveredsingingtalentisstillenormous.I'lladmitIwasskepticalabout"MissTrot2"beforeitpremieredbecauseIthoughtitcouldendupeitherfeaturingthesameoldsingerswhopreviouslycompetedinotherTVauditionshowsorwouldrevealatalentdrainwithunderperformingcontestants.Iwaswrong."MissTrot2"debunkedmyskepticaltheories.Theauditionshowislikeagoosethatlaysgoldeneggsagainandagain.Asinthefirstseasonof"MissTrot"andthisyear's"Mr.Trot,"contestantsof"MissTrot2"competedinteams,thenamesofwhichreflectedtheirbackgrounds,beforeadvancingtothenextround.Forexample,elementaryschoolagechildrenarecompetingintheElementarySchoolDivisionandcontestantsofProAandProBDivisionsaresingerswhohavedebutedbutareunknowntothepublic.Amongotherteams,IwasstruckbyagroupofcontestantsinadivisionnamedOnceUponaTime.Asitstitlesuggests,theywerefamoussingersinthepast.Someroaredinthe1990s,thegoldendaysforKoreanpopmusicwhenmillion-selleralbumswerecommon,producingseveralhitsongs.Peopleintheir40sorolderstillhumtheirhitsongs.Theirstardom,however,wasshort-livedandtheydisappearedfromthepubliceyefordecades.Theirreturnsthrough"MissTrot2,"offeringthemasecondchanceintheirmusiccareers,ignitednostalgicmemoriesforsomejudges.KimHyun-jung,aformervocalistforathree-personbandcalledSpaceA,saidshewasabletomakethestageonlyaftershegotanodfromherconservativepastorhusband.Realizingsheisstillpassionateabouthavingasingingcareer,shesaid,herhusbandencouragedhertodoherbesttomakethecut.Likeher,somecontestants'touchingstoriesareonereasonthattheshowispopular.TheTVChosunteaminchargeoftheMissTrotsequelknowshowtomakeapopularshow.Inthefirstepisode,theysavedthebestforlast.ThelastsceneofthefirstepisodefeaturedHongJi-yoon,aformertraineeofanunnamedentertainmentagency.Shewasoneofthemembersofagirlbandandabouttodebut.ButherattempteddebutasaK-popsingerdidnotcometopassaftersheinjuredherleg.Itbecamenumbandshehadtorestforsixmonthsforrehabilitationwithoutdoinganything.HerdreamtobecomeaK-popstarwasshattered."MissTrot2"signaledhertimehasfinallycome.Shestunned15judgeswithherperformance.Thefirstepisodeendedwithhershowingoffherimpressivevoice,causingviewerstoeagerlyawaitnextThursday'sepisode.TheTVChosunshowsuccessfullyredefinedthegenreoftrotandmadeitinclusive,whichinturnhelpeditgainwidersupportfrommusicfans.Intheshow,contestantsareallowedtoperformsongsofallsortsotherthanK-pop.Sowhathappensisthatsongsthatwerenotpreviouslycategorizedastrotcanbeperformed.Previouslypeople'sreactionstotrotmusicweremixed.Whiletheoldergenerationlikeditastheyareaccustomedtoit,someoftheyoungergenerationsdeemeditold-fashioned.TVChosun'sredefinitionofthetrotgenrehashelpedtheshowgainawiderrangeofpopularityamongpeopleofallagegroups. 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